² For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,

¹ And Rachel seeth that she hath not borne to Jacob, and Rachel is envious of her sister, and saith unto Jacob, `Give me sons, and if there is none -- I die.'

⁸ and to those contentious, and disobedient, indeed, to the truth, and obeying the unrighteousness -- indignation and wrath,

⁹ And God saith unto Jonah: `Is doing good displeasing to thee, because of the gourd?' and he saith, `To do good is displeasing to me -- unto death.'

¹¹ And Ephraim is as a simple dove without heart, Egypt they called on -- `to' Asshur they have gone.

⁹ Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.

¹⁶ The fool -- in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.

⁵ Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,

²² `Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?

²³ Turn back at my reproof, lo, I pour forth to you my spirit, I make known my words with you.

¹⁷ Fools, by means of their transgression, And by their iniquities, afflict themselves.

⁶ A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; --

⁴ I have said to the boastful, `Be not boastful,' And to the wicked, `Raise not up a horn.'

¹ To the Overseer. -- By David. A fool hath said in his heart, `God is not;' They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good.

⁴ (He is tearing himself in his anger.) For thy sake is earth forsaken? And removed is a rock from its place?

⁸ And it is displeasing to Saul exceedingly, and this thing is evil in his eyes, and he saith, `They have given to David myriads, and to me they have given the thousands, and more to him `is' only the kingdom;'

⁹ and Saul is eyeing David from that day and thenceforth.

⁶ for of these there are those coming into the houses and leading captive the silly women, laden with sins, led away with desires manifold,